BATON ROUGE (LA)
WAFB TV
Nov. 1, 2019
By Kiran Chawla
A group that provides resources to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests is demanding the Louisiana Attorney General’s office launch an official investigation.
The group is called the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
“I was abused at Jesuit High School in New Orleans as well by a priest and a janitor,” said Richard Windmann.
Windmann is vocal as to what he allegedly happened to him on the Jesuit High School campus in the 70′s.
“I was going to commit suicide. I tried to commit suicide, and I woke up with a tube down my throat and charcoal all over my body and actually lived through the experience,” said Windmann.
In 2018, documents released by the Jesuits included the names of 42 priests, all credibly accused of sexually abusing children in the Catholic church. Windmann’s alleged abuser was on that list, as was another survivor’s, John Gianoli’s.
“In my eighth-grade year, I was molested by my parish priest who was also my teacher in the Catholic grammar school that I went to,” said Gianoli.
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